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Old 01-01-2007, 11:26 PM
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Well I took my prokit off because I am going with a rearmount turbo setup and did not want to have any clearance issues. Anyways after I put my factory springs back on my car sits higher than it ever has especially in the front, at first I just though I might be thinking that because I got use to it being low but I looked at pictures before I lowered it and my car is now higher than in the pics. I was thinking that maybe the springs exhausted a lot of tension while off my car, but I dont know, if anyone has any input let me know, I made sure everything was installed back correct also.
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are they sitting in the perches right? you could cut them a little bit unless your that worried about ground clearance.
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Originally Posted by Revelation Z28
are they sitting in the perches right? you could cut them a little bit unless your that worried about ground clearance.
Yes I made sure of that. Does anyone know what the normal tire to fender gap should be so I can measure.
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mine from the tread to the lip of the fenders is 2 1/4" front and 3" rear.
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Have you given them enough time to settle? I know when I have my car up on jackstands up for a while the car will sit higher once I put it back on the ground, then the ride height will lower back to normal after a while.
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Originally Posted by Krab
Have you given them enough time to settle? I know when I have my car up on jackstands up for a while the car will sit higher once I put it back on the ground, then the ride height will lower back to normal after a while.
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Originally Posted by Krab
Have you given them enough time to settle? I know when I have my car up on jackstands up for a while the car will sit higher once I put it back on the ground, then the ride height will lower back to normal after a while.
its been 2 days, from the top of tire to fender is about 4".
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4" is too much, how does it ride?
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it rides normal, I guess I will just break everything back down to check everything.
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Give it awhile and they will setlle back down
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guys I took the wheels off and checked everything out everything seems fine I also noticed that the drivers side front and rear sits about 3/4 of a inch higher than the right. I have no idea whats going on and I am starting to get worried that something is not right.
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Take it out and haul *** too about 100 mph then brake HARD to 0 then throw it around a few corners and do a few more hard stops and let it sit for one more day and see if that helps.
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Well I dove my car all around today it seems like it settles a little but s still seems high I guess maybe I was just use to it being lowered I am going to take some pics to see what you guys think.




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